Benin vs Burkina Faso: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Benin
115.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Burkina Faso
164.8 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
116th
Burkina Faso rank
115th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per over time

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
-1.5k-1.0k-5000500197419982023

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 164.8 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 115.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 49.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Benin ranks 116th and Burkina Faso ranks 115th of 188 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Burkina Faso in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Burkina Faso Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2918 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Burkina Faso
1980s -73.87 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 0.5331 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 74.41 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Burkina Faso
1990s -361.05 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5.65 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 366.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2000s -679.49 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre -123.87 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 555.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2010s 136.07 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 169.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 33.11 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2020s 274.94 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16.78 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 258.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Benin or Burkina Faso?
Burkina Faso, at 164.8 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 115.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Benin and Burkina Faso?
49.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Burkina Faso?
50 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
How do Benin and Burkina Faso rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Benin ranks 116th and Burkina Faso ranks 115th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
235 places, 9,589 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.